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Sustainability Due Diligence Requirements In The EU Batteries Regulation

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European Regulation 2023/1542, concerning batteries and waste batteries (the “EUBR”), is a dark horse. While it includes a number of restrictions associated with hazardous materials embedded in batteries, and...more

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RCRA Rules Face Hazardous Times

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In an executive order issued February 19, 2025, President Donald Trump instructed federal agency heads to “initiate a process to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction” for purposes of “rescinding...more

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Going Digital: New E-Manifest Requirements Effective January 22, 2025

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Effective yesterday, the third and final update to USEPA's e-Manifest rules require all Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) and Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) to register in the e-Manifest module, replacing hard paper copies....more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 12.6.24

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday issued a new regulation preventing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, from being approved through low volume exemptions — abridged reviews...more

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EPA Proposes New RCRA Rules With Significant Compliance Obligations

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The proposed rules would expand the RCRA Corrective Action regime to PFAS and potentially other emerging contaminants. They may complicate ongoing compliance efforts as well as lead to significant value chain impacts....more

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PFAS: February 2024 Update and Preview

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Regulatory activity and litigation concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) continued to pick up steam in 2023, and 2024 promises to continue this trend and present companies with new PFAS-related challenges....more

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EPA Proposes New Set of Rules to Regulate PFAS Under RCRA

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On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed two regulations that would add nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") to the list of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA")...more

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EPA Proposes to Regulate Nine PFAS as RCRA “Hazardous Constituents”

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken its first major action of 2024 to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across environmental media. On January 31, 2024, EPA issued pre-publication...more

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US EPA Proposes Rules to Expand Cleanup of PFAS at Hazardous Waste Sites

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Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two new proposed rules, which further expand EPA’s regulatory oversight of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The first rule would modify the...more

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Hazardous Waste Facilities Beware: PFAS Soon to Be Regulated Under RCRA

On January 31, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed two new rules that would add nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (known as "PFAS") to its list of hazardous constituents regulated under the...more

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Summary of Latest Federal Action Regarding PFAS

A few considerations practitioners should keep in mind when dealing with contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. The PFAS Action Act of 2021 passed in the House and was received in...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - April 2022 #2

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Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era water rule, for now Bullet Associated Press - April 6 The Supreme Court this Wednesday reinstated a Trump-era rule curtailing the power of states and Native American tribes to block...more

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Progressive New Jersey: The Garden State continues its environmental leadership by enacting forward-looking programs

New Jersey has been a leader in addressing the most significant environmental problems of the day. Decades ago, for example, four years before the enactment of CERCLA, the state’s Spill Compensation and Control Act prohibited...more

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EPA Says No Risk from CERCLA Financial Assurance Exemptions for Three Named Industries

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EPA has promulgated a final rule declining to impose final assurance requirements on the electric power, petroleum and coal manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing industries to clean up spills of hazardous substances. ...more

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Hazardous Waste Disposal: Federal District Court Addresses United States Challenge to Scope...

The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (“Court”) in a March 31st Order addressed a dispute regarding a state-issued hazardous waste disposal permit. See United States v. N.M. Env’t Dep’t, No. CV 19-46...more

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Hazardous waste pharmaceuticals rulemaking

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule governing management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals became effective August 21, 2019. The new regulations apply to the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by...more

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PFAS: Still Only an Emerging Contaminant? In New Jersey, It’s Here

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In the final week of March 2019, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took two unusually broad actions regarding contamination caused by poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). On March 25, 2019,...more

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Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Vermont Attorney General and Moretown, Vermont Landfill Operator Enter into Consent Order

The State of Vermont (by and through the Vermont Attorney General) (“Vermont”) and Moretown Landfill, Inc. (“MLI”) entered into a Consent Order and Final Judgment Order (“Consent Order”) addressing alleged violations...more

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Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Developments 2017-2018: Walter Wright (Mitchell Williams) Arkansas Environmental Federation...

I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Developments: 2017-2018 (“Presentation”) ...more

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection Adopts Emergency Rule Imposing New Notice Requirements

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In response to the storm-related sewage and sinkhole-related discharges at the Mosaic facility in Mulberry, Florida, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published two rulemaking notices on September 27, both...more

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EPA'S Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rules May Impose Significant Burdens on Health Care Facilities - Comment Period Runs Until...

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated its proposed regulation of “hazardous waste pharmaceuticals,” i.e., pharmaceutical residues discarded from health care facilities which also meet EPA’s long-standing...more

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